But a new initiative by Purdue University’s College of Pharmacy allows more convenience for students who want to dispose of unwanted or expired medication.

The college is partnering with Great Lakes Clean Water Association to implement its “Yellow Jug Old Drugs” program, a service in which the organization collects and properly disposes drugs in “waste-to-energy” facilities for destruction.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, creator and co-chair of the Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, will speak at a kickoff event Thursday at the Purdue Retail Pharmacy, where drugs can be dropped off from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The Purdue Student National Pharmaceutical Association will still hold regular collection events throughout the year, according to a Purdue news release.

The program “will not only provide more disposal options to the community,” Zoeller said in the release, “it will instill in young people the risks of prescription drug abuse and hopefully save lives.”